Two vital Luton services have suffered break-ins, as Keech Hospice Care charity and Luton Penrose appeal to the public for help.

Keech Hospice Care charity shop, Birdsfoot Lane had cash and jewellery stolen between 5.15pm on October 3 and 8.35am on October 4.

A Keech Hospice Care spokeswoman, said: “As a charity, we rely on the community, including our 32 charity shops, to help to raise 70 per cent of the £5.7 million we need every year to care for adults in Luton and South Bedfordshire and children in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes with terminal and life-limiting illnesses.

“We are saddened by this incident and ask if anyone can help by donating their unwanted quality items to the shop, we would be very grateful at this difficult time.”

Meanwhile, earlier this autumn, Luton Penrose Roots to Recovery Garden (near the A6 New Bedford Road)had its shed lock broken on September 7 when someone slept inside, and its polytunnel damaged only a few days later on September 9, before a mobility scooter and chair were stolen between September 23 and 25.